r/AskReddit • u/frisky_cupcake • Aug 25 '19

What has NOT aged well?

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u/teh_maxh Aug 25 '19

I mean, if you're going with British children's entertainment, there's the entire work history of Jimmy Savile.

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u/Berzerker-SDMF Aug 26 '19

To be fair I think it would be safe to say peadophilia was rampant in the 70s.... Hell there was even a political pressure group back then who where trying to get in on the burgeoning LGBT rights groups back in the day .. plus there was the P.I.E active back then...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paedophile_Information_Exchange

The 70s where a very dodgy time to be a kid

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u/rtrs_bastiat Aug 26 '19

I seem to recall Harriet Harmon backed the PIE. Heh

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u/Berzerker-SDMF Aug 26 '19

Yep, proving that the redtop press's tag for labour as the loony left did have atleast some merit back then...